Comparing Saints picks in the latest seven-round mock draft projections

Multiple seven-round mock drafts have landed recently from different media outlets, so we’re comparing the Saints’ picks in each of them to see what we can learn:

We’re nine days out from the 2023 NFL draft, and various experts and analysts in football media are flexing their knowledge with a series of seven-round mock drafts — which introduce several unique scenarios for the New Orleans Saints.

By this point we’re pretty familiar with the names most commonly being projected to New Orleans in the first round. When you expand the lens to a full seven rounds, it increases the number of variables and directions the path can take. So let’s compare the picks in the latest projections from The Athletic, Pro Football Network, and CBS Sports round-by-round: